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See Bill Maher, Milo Yiannopoulos Talk Free Speech, Trolling on 'Real Time'
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Bill Maher sat down with Milo Yiannopoulos on Friday's Real Time to talk free speech, religion and the controversy surrounding the self-proclaimed internet troll.
In explaining why, despite the uproar surrounding the Breitbart editor, Yiannopoulos was invited to the show, Maher said, "I think you're colossally wrong on a number of things… if I banned everyone from my show who I thought was colossally wrong, I'd be talking to myself."
Maher – who at one point compared Yiannopoulos to Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno character – and Yiannopoulos also discussed what they »
Donald Glover Cast as Simba in Live-Action 'The Lion King' Remake
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Donald Glover continues to score roles that bring cinematic icons into the 21st century as the Childish Gambino rapper will play Simba in the upcoming live-action adaptation of Disney's The Lion King.
James Earl Jones will also reprise the role of Mufasa in the film, which will be directed by Jon Favreau.
Like Favreau's remake of the The Jungle Book, the film will utilize CGI technology and green screen to transform the beloved 1994 animated movie into a live-action movie.
In addition to voicing Simba, Glover has also been cast to »
See 'Silicon Valley' Crew Invent 'New Internet' in Season 4 Teaser
21 hours ago
The Silicon Valley gang embarks on a preposterous new endeavor in the first trailer for the fourth season of HBO and Mike Judge's tech start-up comedy.
After Season 3 concluded with tech savant Richard Hendricks regaining control of his failed company, the entrepreneur attempts to stumble upon a new invention – as well as revive the Pied Piper corporate name – in the Season 4 teaser, which features Run the Jewels' "Talk to Me."
"I need to build something else. We could build a new internet," Thomas Middleditch's Hendricks tells his incredulous collaborators, »
Stephen King, J.J. Abrams Tease Secret Project 'Castle Rock'
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Stephen King and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions have teased the impending arrival of a secret new Hulu project titled Castle Rock, named after the fictional Maine town that serves as the setting of many of the author's stories.
"Jj Abrams and I want to invite you to take a trip to Castle Rock. Soon. Be afraid," King warned on Twitter after the minute-long teaser was revealed.
The video that accompanied the unveiling lists the names of many of the characters, places and creatures that lurked in and around Castle Rock – Shawshank State Prison, »
See Wistful First Trailer for Terrence Malick's 'Song to Song'
17 February 2017 11:14 AM, PST
Terrence Malick's Song to Song, an all-star drama that takes place against the backdrop of the Austin music scene, has revealed its first trailer ahead of its SXSW debut.
Soundtracked by Del Shannon's "Runaway," the trailer sets up the film's plot – although "plot" is a loose construct in Malick's recent films – as Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara portray a pair of indie rockers that fall in love in the Texas capital. Complicating matters is Michael Fassbender's smooth-talking music mogul and a waitress played by Natalie Portman, with »
'Fist Fight' Review: Ice Cube Comedy Is One Big Swing and a Miss
17 February 2017 10:47 AM, PST
Charlie Day owns one of the highest-pitched male squeaks in the business and he puts it to hilarious use on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I could watch him in anything – but Fist Fight is pushing it, given that's it's always raining a storm of comic clichés that quickly drowns any semblance of audience goodwill.
Day plays Mr. Campbell, a dweeb English teacher at Atlanta's Roosevelt High where it's senior prank day and our man is getting rattled. Forget the meth-drugged horse running through the halls or the dick images »
'White Helmets' to Attend Oscars as Trump Ban Stalls
17 February 2017 9:33 AM, PST
With Donald Trump's "Muslim ban" currently stalled by federal circuit courts, the filmmakers behind the Oscar-nominated The White Helmets announced Friday that two members of the Syrian rescue unit would attend the Academy Awards on February 26th.
In late January, filmmakers said they scuttled plans to bring two White Helmets members to the ceremony, where the film is nominated for Best Documentary (Short Subject), because of Trump's executive order banning visitors from seven countries, including Syria.
However, because a Washington state court grounded the executive order, the White Helmets »
Inside 'Crashing': How Pete Holmes Survived Comedy and Lived to Tell About It
17 February 2017 9:22 AM, PST
"Should I say, 'Fuck Philly?'"
It's backstage on the New York leg of Pete Homles’ stand-up tour to help promote his new HBO series Crashing, and he's testing a stray thought before stepping onstage. The green room is full of bodies – including Holmes' manager, his fianceé, the show's executive producer (and tour mate) Judd Apatow and several more HBO staffers – and there's a general murmur of assent. "They love that here," someone says, and the comedian nods. Their recent Philadelphia stop reportedly had a rowdy, disruptive crowd, and as Holmes explains later, »
'The Great Wall' Review: Matt Damon Battles Monsters, Blockbuster-Audience Boredom
17 February 2017 7:24 AM, PST
Matt Damon has earned his action bona fides with The Martian and the Bourne films; veteran Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, House of Flying Daggers), doing his first film in English, is a world-class master. (It's hard to forget his 2008 staging of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.) So it's exciting just to think of the two teaming up. Reality, sad to say, is a bitch. This co-production between the U.S. and China, the two leading spots on the map for mining gold at box office, »
Watch Jimmy Fallon Mock President Trump's Insane Solo Press Conference
17 February 2017 6:56 AM, PST
Jimmy Fallon parodied President Trump's bizarre solo press conference with the cold-open of Thursday's Tonight Show. The comedian, decked out in his traditional orange make-up, hosted his own event, poking fun at the president's rambling statements and confrontations with reporters.
"First of all, you're all fake news," Fallon said to open the bit. "I hate you very much. And thank you for being here. Next." Later, he vowed to make Beyoncé Secretary of Labor because of her pregnancy expertise, used a tiny hand prop to drink a glass of water »
20th Century Fox Apologizes for 'Fake News' Ads for 'Cure for Wellness'
17 February 2017 6:13 AM, PST
20th Century Fox has issued an apology after a marketing campaign tied to the upcoming horror film A Cure for Wellness was blamed for spreading "fake news" to tens of thousands of people.
The marketing team behind the Gore Verbinski-directed film created convincing websites for real-sounding newspapers like the Salt Lake City Guardian and the Houston Leader, which then posted fake stories like "Trump Orders Cdc to Remove All Vaccination Related Information from Website" and "Leaked: Lady Gaga Halftime Performance to Feature Muslim Tribute."
The latter article was shared over 65,000 times on Facebook, »
See Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler Run Illegal Casino in 'The House' Trailer
16 February 2017 7:11 PM, PST
While many people turn to student loans to afford college tuition, Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler's characters in the comedy The House choose to open an underground casino to pay for their daughter's college tuition.
In the clip, suburban married couple Scott (Farrell) and Kate's (Poehler) daughter Alex (Ryan Simpkins) receives an acceptance letter to college and the couple quickly discovers they don't have money to cover the tuition. Their neighbor Frank (Jason Mantzoukas) proposes they turn the basement into an underground casino to make the cash.
The outlandish scheme includes a nail salon, »
'A Cure for Wellness' Review: Wtf Spooky-By-Numbers Horror Loses Its License to Ill
16 February 2017 10:05 AM, PST
A room full of studio executives sit around a table. Each of them has a small pile of paper scraps and a pen. They jot down dozens of things that they believe fit the definition of universally creepy: "Old, European Art Deco health spas"; "lank-haired girls with Vitamin E deficiencies"; "stern-faced people speaking German"; "iron lungs"; "eels." They then proceed to take round-robin turns pulling these concepts out of a hat, depositing a random handful picks into a manila envelope. When the package's recipients – let's call them screenwriter Justin Haythe »
'American Horror Story' May Feature 'Donald Trump Character' in New Season
16 February 2017 10:00 AM, PST
American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy said the seventh season of the FX anthology series will center around the 2016 election.
During an interview on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Murphy said, "I don't have a title, but the season that we begin shooting in June is going to be about the election that we just went through. I think that will be interesting for a lot of people." Murphy didn't offer any other details about the new season, though when asked if there would be a Donald Trump character, »
Watch Bob Odenkirk Impersonate Stephen Colbert in Bizarre 'Late Show' Sketch
16 February 2017 6:29 AM, PST
Bob Odenkirk and Stephen Colbert took turns portraying each other on The Late Show on Wednesday. Odenkirk was on set to promote his upcoming movie Girlfriend's Day.
Odenkirk's Colbert was an angry, humorless comedian in a made-up film titled Late Show: The Movie. Odenkirk communicated with the audience via dismissive commands along the lines of "Shut up and sit down!" and "Clap, you pigs!" "Did everyone hear about Iran secretly testing nuclear missiles?" Odenkirk's late-night host quipped. "Who cares?"
Colbert returned with his own Odenkirk impression. Then the two men »
'Hurt Locker' Team Adapting 2016 Election Into Mini-Series
15 February 2017 2:12 PM, PST
President Trump and Hillary Clinton's 2016 election was theatrical enough in reality. Now the race is getting a television adaptation by Oscar-winning writer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) and producer Megan Ellison (Zero Dark Thirty, Her). The duo announced plans for a mini-series based on the election, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The duo previously collaborated on film thriller Zero Dark Thirty, which chronicled another monumental headline from recent years: the hunt and Navy S.E.A.L. killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Page 1 president Hugo Lindgren, »
2017 Oscars Predictions: Who Should Win, Who Will Win
15 February 2017 12:46 PM, PST
The battle lines are drawn: It's La La Land, a musical fantasy about white lovers in Hollywood, versus Moonlight, a searing drama about black youth surviving on the streets of Miami. That contest is symptomatic of how serious Oscar is – or isn't – about diversity. After two years in which not a single black actor showed up among the acting nominees, this year's crop includes seven actors of color: Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis, Naomie Harris, Ruth Negga, Dev Patel, Octavia Spencer and Denzel Washington.
"Wow, what a difference a year makes, »
'Love Actually' Cast to Reunite for Red Nose Day Special
15 February 2017 9:02 AM, PST
The majority of the Love Actually cast will reunite in a short, quasi-sequel set to premiere for Red Nose Day in March.
Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Andrew Lincoln and Bill Nighy are among those from the cast of the 2003 rom-com that will appear. The reunion was organized by Love Actually director Richard Curtis, one of the co-creators of Comic Relief and the annual Red Nose Day, which aims to raise funds and awareness to end child poverty.
"I would never have dreamt of writing a sequel to Love Actually, »
Lena Dunham on Ending 'Girls,' Taylor Swift and Being Blamed for Hillary's Loss
15 February 2017 7:46 AM, PST
"I've always annoyed people," says Lena Dunham. "I was the girl in third grade where everybody was like, 'This girl is so annoying – like, leave.'" But Dunham has done a whole lot more than freak out critics on the left and right for the past five years: In addition to her bestselling memoir and her smart feminist newsletter, Lenny Letter, HBO's Girls, which begins its sixth and final season in February, has been consistently hilarious and innovative, even as a fair number of people could never stop confusing Dunham's sometimes clueless character, »
Watch John Oliver Explain Why He's Sick of Obama's Fun Vacation Photos
14 February 2017 7:20 AM, PST
Current Rolling Stone cover star John Oliver appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday to discuss the ideal Valentine's Day gift – a "thoughtful card" – and the reasons why President Obama needs to stop sharing photos documenting his kitesurfing adventures with billionaire Richard Branson.
The Valentine's Day-related banter was quick and harmless. "I might not have a wife tomorrow," Oliver quipped, trading stories with Meyers about keeping their partners' expectations low around February 14th. "Thoughtful card: That's tangible affection in written form," Oliver said. "What gift could compete with that? »
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